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NORMA Group SE — Earnings Release 2012
Feb 20, 2013
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Corporate | 20 February 2013 07:12
NORMA Group generates sales and earnings at new high in 2012
NORMA Group AG / Key word(s): Final Results/Quarter Results
20.02.2013 / 07:12
NORMA Group generates sales and earnings at new high in 2012
– Preliminary sales increased by 4% to EUR 605 million compared to the previous year
– Adjusted EBITA improved by 3% to EUR 105 million
– Adjusted EBITA margin remains strong at 17.4%
Maintal, Germany, 20 February 2013 – NORMA Group AG ('NORMA Group'), a global market and technology leader for engineered joining technology, achieved solid growth in financial year 2012. According to preliminary and unaudited figures, sales grew by 4% to EUR 605 million in the past financial year (2011: EUR 581 million). This is in line with the revised guidance from November 2012. The SDAX-listed company, an index for small and medium-sized companies in Germany, ended financial year 2012 with adjusted operating earnings (adjusted EBITA) of EUR 105 million in spite of volatile European markets (2011: EUR 103 million). The adjusted EBITA margin remained at a consistently high level of 17.4%. Net debt excluding hedging instruments stabilised at EUR 174 million in spite of acquisitions and dividend payments (31 December 2011: EUR 177 million).
'NORMA Group performed strongly in financial year 2012. We continued to grow even though the environment in Europe proved difficult,' says Werner Deggim, CEO of NORMA Group. 'Our superior innovative strength will also enable us to consistently benefit from global mega-trends going forward. We provide the joining technology needed to comply with new emission regulation such as the Euro 6 emission standard.'
In its most recent guidance for financial year 2012, NORMA Group had forecasted sales of about EUR 600 million and an EBITA margin of approximately 17.0%.
Slight decline in the fourth quarter of 2012
NORMA Group generated sales of EUR 137 million in the fourth quarter of 2012. This represents a slight year-on-year decline of 2% even though the economic situation in Europe has deteriorated (Q4/2011: EUR 140 million). Adjusted EBITA fell slightly by 3% to EUR 22 million (Q4/2011: EUR 23 million). The adjusted EBITA margin was 16.0% (Q4/2011: 16.2%).
NORMA Group AG – Preliminary figures for financial year 2012*
| Key figures at a glance (in EUR millions) | Financial Year 2012 | Financial Year 2011 | Financial Year 2010 |
| Income statement | 01/01-31/12/2012 | 01/01-31/12/2011 | 01/01-31/12/2010 |
| Sales | 605 | 581.4 | 490.4 |
| Adjusted EBITA | 105 | 102.7 | 85.4 |
| Adjusted EBITA margin | 17.4% | 17.7% | 17.4% |
| Balance sheet | 31/12/2012 | 31/12/2011 | 31/12/2010 |
| Net debt** | 174 | 177 | 339 |
| Key figures at a glance (in EUR millions) | Q4 2012 | Q4 2011 | Q4 2010 |
| Income statement | 01/10 – 31/12/2012 | 01/10 – 31/12/2011 | 01/10- 31/12/2010 |
| Sales | 137 | 139.6 | 128.9 |
| Adjusted EBITA | 22 | 22.6 | 20.6 |
| Adjusted EBITA margin | 16.0% | 16.2% | 16.0% |
*The figures in this document are preliminary and have not yet been approved by the Supervisory Board nor audited by the external auditor.
**Net debt excluding hedging instruments amounting to EUR 25 million (2012)
Adjustments: In 2011 adjusted by non-recurring / non-period-related costs (mainly due to the IPO), restructuring costs as well as other group and
normalised items and depreciation from PPA adjustments. In 2012 adjusted by depreciation from PPA adjustments.
Additional information is available from the Investor Relations section at www.normagroup.com .
Upcoming events
A comprehensive report with detailed explanation will be provided upon presentation of the final financial 2012 figures at the balance sheet press conference as well as the analyst and investor conference on 27 March 2013.
Contact
Daphne Recker
Media relations
E-mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 (0)6181 – 610 2743
Andreas Trösch
Investor Relations
E-Mail: [email protected]
Phone: +49 (0)6181 – 610 2741
About NORMA Group
NORMA Group is a global market and technology leader for engineered joining technology. The company manufactures a wide range of innovative engineered joining technology solutions in three product categories (clamp, connect and fluid) and offers about 35,000 high-quality products and solutions to approximately 10,000 customers in 90 countries. NORMA Group joining products can be found in vehicles, ships, trains, aircraft, domestic appliances, engines and plumbing systems as well as in applications for the pharmaceutical and biotechnology industry. In 2011, NORMA Group generated sales of around EUR 580 million. With around 4,500 employees, NORMA Group operates a global network of 19 production facilities as well as numerous sales and distribution sites across Europe, the Americas and Asia-Pacific. The company has its headquarters in Maintal near Frankfurt am Main, Germany. NORMA Group was formed in 2006 as a result of the merger of the German Rasmussen Group and the Swedish ABA Group. NORMA Group has been listed on the German stock exchange since April 2011 and has been included in the SDAX index since June 2011.
Disclaimer
This press release contains certain future-oriented statements. Future-oriented statements include all statements which do not relate to historical facts and events and contain future-oriented expressions such as 'believe', 'estimate', 'assume', 'expect', 'forecast', 'intend', 'could' or 'should' or expressions of a similar kind. Such future-oriented statements are subject to risks and uncertainties since they relate to future events and are based on the company's current assumptions, which may not in the future take place or be fulfilled as expected. The company points out that such future-oriented statements provide no guarantee for the future and that the actual events including the financial position and profitability of the NORMA Group AG and developments in the economic and regulatory fundamentals may vary substantially (particularly on the down side) from those explicitly or implicitly assumed in these statements. Even if the actual assets for the NORMA Group AG, including its financial position and profitability and the economic and regulatory fundamentals, are in accordance with such future-oriented statements in this press release, no guarantee can be given that this will continue to be the case in the future.
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| Language: | English |
| Company: | NORMA Group AG |
| Edisonstr. 4 | |
| 63477 Maintal | |
| Germany | |
| Phone: | +49 (0)6181-6102-741 |
| Fax: | +49 (0)6181-6102-7641 |
| E-mail: | [email protected] |
| Internet: | www.normagroup.com |
| ISIN: | DE000A1H8BV3 |
| WKN: | A1H8BV |
| Indices: | SDAX |
| Listed: | Regulierter Markt in Frankfurt (Prime Standard); Freiverkehr in Berlin, Düsseldorf, München, Stuttgart |
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